A bill to make Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lover’s 1972 song “Roadrunner” the state’s official rock song is back before the state Legislature. Two previous attempts to win approval failed.

The song , listed at 274th on Rolling Stone magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs, celebrates the joys of cruising the streets late at night listening to the AM Top 40 radio stations of the day and, of course, the state.

“I’m in love with Massachusetts,” Richman sings.

Weymouth Mayor Robert Hedlund and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh first filed the official song bill in 2013, when both were state legislators.

In a 2015 interview, Hedlund said he’s loved the song since the first time he heard it on the radio, as a 15-year-old pumping gas at a Weymouth service station.

“It has Massachusetts roots, and all the local connections. Richman and the band lived in Cohasset for a number of years. Like somebody said, it’s a teenager’s Paul Revere ride,” Hedlund said.

The cause has now been taking up by State Rep. Dave Linsky, a Democrat from Richman's hometown of Natick.

Linsky told Beacon Hill Roll Call said the song “embodies what it was like for my generation growing up in the Massachusetts of the 1970s and 80’s.”

“Roadrunner combines the liberation of youth on the open road with the sights and sounds of our beloved Commonwealth.” Linsky said.

Two local legislators, State Reps. Josh Cutler (D-Duxbury) and James Cantwell (D-Marshfield) had favored “Dream On” by Aerosmith as official rock song, but now support the “Roadrunner” bill.